Opera widgets for the math and science whiz

I really like Opera (Windows | Mac) widgets. They all offer something unique. But I especially like the browser's science and math widgets. If you're someone who just can't get enough of planets, you love building mathematical graphs, or you enjoy science, these widgets are for you. Science widgets Astronomy Picture of the Day Each day, when you load Astronomy Picture of the Day, it displays a picture it gets from NASA. When you click on that image, it gives you an in-depth description of what's being depicted and why it's important. I found it to be extremely informative. Practically anyone who likes astronomy should be pleased with Astronomy Picture of the Day. Astronomy Picture of the Day gives you some beautiful images.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Chinese Abacus If you want to get some addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division work done, look no further than than the Chinese Abacus widget. Much like the real thing, you can move the blocks up and down to keep count. The abacus will show a tally at the bottom to help you. Before you start using it, beware that the Chinese Abacus widget requires some knowledge of the abacus to get it to work. Once you get the hang of it, you'll find that it makes performing basic math functions quite simple. The Chinese Abacus widget is a really cool app.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Functions 3D Functions 3D isn't for the novice mathematician. The widget lets you create a 3D structure based on a mathematical equation that you devise. Once you set the X, Y, and Z boundaries, you'll create an equation to develop the figure you want to depict. You can create simple archways or complex statues by changing the equation to fit your needs. Functions 3D is one of the more powerful Opera widgets I've ever used. It's also one of the most difficult to understand. Functions 3D helps you create 3D models with your equations.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Math Workpad Math Workpad is a neat utility that not only lets you evaluate mathematical expressions, it also provides you with a vector graph to see the result of an equation. Once you load Math Workpad, you can start defining different functions or letters. You can then use those functions and letters to create a mathematical equation that the widget will solve for you. I found that all of the equations I created were solved quickly and accurately. It's perfect for students in math classes or the geek who wants to create some vector 3D graphs with their mathematical prowess. Create and solve your own equations with Math Workpad.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) PlanetWerks 2 PlanetWerks 2 is a great way to learn a little something about the solar system. When you download the widget, it displays the sun and all the planets orbiting it. You can zoom in on different planets and adjust your tilt to see better. If you want to learn about individual planets in the solar system, you need only to click on one of the celestial bodies, and the widget will provide information, including the object's size relative to Earth, how long its orbit is, and more. PlanetWerks 2 teaches you about the solar system.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Scientific Calculator The Scientific Calculator widget is a must-have for any science or math whiz. The app provides a slew of functions to satisfy your mathematical needs. It even has seven programmable memory buttons. I used it to perform some basic operations and was impressed. It completed equations in just a few seconds. It was like having a real calculator with me. Scientific Calculator is like the real thing.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Unit Converter Unit Converter is a handy widget to have when you want to quickly switch between different units. True to the science theme, the app includes unit conversions for velocity, volume, pressure, and the basics, like area and temperature. It's a simple widget that you won't always use, but you'll be happy you have it, when you want to convert some scientific measurements. Unit Converter gives you all the conversions you need.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) My top 3 1. Chinese Abacus: The Chinese Abacus widget is designed well, and it's ideal for quickly solving mathematical equations. 2. Scientific Calculator: It's like having the real thing in front of you. 3. PlanetWerks 2: Who doesn't want to learn about the solar system?

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Cavorting around Vancouver on Canada Day

Canadians were out in the zillions today, enjoying a holiday — Canada Day — and cavorting in the streets, on the beaches and in the parks of Vancouver, just enjoying this amazing place that somehow manages to be urban and pastoral at the same time. We started out day at the Vancouver Art Gallery, where we enjoyed a wonderfully comprehensive exhibition of Dutch masters (Vermeer, Rembrandt and the gang), but I enjoyed even more a delightful installation by Reece Terris called “Ought Apartment.” Spanned five levels of the rotunda in the middle of the museum, it offered cross-sections of life in the apartments of the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. As someone who’s lived through all that, I felt fond waves of nostalgia for every bit of it (well, except for the eight-tracks). Outside the museum, music rocked the lawn, crowds gathered and a tent next to the museum offered medicinal cannabis. Inside, the place was crowded. (Hey, folks: A note of gallery etiquette. Don’t stand two inches from the paintings. It’s not the best way to see the art, and when you mash yourself up against the painting, nobody else can see it.) From there we drove across the Lion’s Gate Bridge to wobble across Capilano Suspension Bridge, which spans a gorgeous gorge. Then we hit English Bay and Stanley Park. Both were mobbed. The park’s so green; I can never get enough of it. BIcyclists and pedstrians competed for space with cars, but I didn’t see a single angry person. How to end such a day? With a little iambic pentameter. We enjoyed Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” at Bard on the Beach on the shores of the bay in an outdoor setting. In fact, the sun set jut before the play ended, right behind the players — who, by the way, started the show by joining the audience in “O, Canada.” What a night. Must get some sleep so we can catch an early train to Whistler, but I leave you with this picture from today:

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While you were asleep, from Copenhagen

Another in a continuing series of overnight dispatches from your faithful European correspondent, me! This time I'm coming to you from the SAS business class lounge at CPH, a real treat. Often on my European travels I end up exiting through Amsterdam or London with time to kill at Schipol or Heathrow, and they are completely chaotic toon-town messes. In comparison, the pace at CPH is leisurely and the Danish of course are great designers, so the place is super-comfortable and pleasing to the eye. While you, in the US, were asleep -- I left Berlin, and created some memories in a set of photos on Flickr. Click on the picture below to see the set. In two days in Berlin you can do nothing but scratch the surface of one of its many surfaces. Berlin is to Germany what New York and Washington are to the US. It's both the capital and the cultural and business center. The place is bathing in history, and change. Just 20 years ago when the wall came down, the place was very different. Now what remains of the division is in photographs and video. I stayed in what used to be the eastern sector, but you couldn't tell. It was hard to imagine how the plush surroundings had been transformed so quickly. Perhaps the Soviet system wasn't so austere? I spent all of yesterday afternoon at the German History Museum, listening to the official story of the war and the wall from their point of view. There were some not-so-surprising surprises. They talk about losing the war. Where I come from, we talk about winning. They don't present their soldiers as heroes. How can a society survive that, I wonder. I did see one statue of a WWII era German soldier, just one. It left me with a sick feeling. The memorial to victims of the Holocaust also was very moving. There also is a Soviet War Memorial in Berlin. Berlin is indeed where it happened. I don't have any special insights, nothing to offer that hasn't been said a million times before. The only difference is to feel it you have to put yourself inside it. I followed a Russian tour group for a few minutes yesterday as they soaked in the history of their WWII victory. Some of them seemed old enough to remember. There were many Americans and British and French accents. Seems a lot of other people are curious to see what's in Berlin. Everywhere you go in Berlin they're rebuilding. Many of the big tourist spots I saw just re-opened three or four years ago. The Brandenberg Gate and part of the plaza behind it were in the middle of the dead zone between the East and the West. Maybe there will be more conclusions, this all seems quite rough right now. PS: On a less heavy note, I had a delicious currywurst and last night there was a beautiful sunset.

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Small Favors: Unlike Star Depp, Slow, Boring "Public Enemies" Doesn't Glorify Dillinger

By Debbie Schlussel If you're planning on seeing "Public Enemies," in theaters today, make sure you ingest a lot of caffeine. It's slow and boring and seemed like it went on forever. Last week, I told you about how "Public Enemies" star Johnny Depp said, "I'm a big fan" of John Dillinger, the cop-killing bank-robber he plays in the movie's lead role. He also said, "I actually hope people root for him, too." Although I originally looked forward to the movie, I was worried that "Public Enemies" would glorify Dillinger, the way Depp did in press interviews. Fortunately, that did not come to pass. It shows Johnny Depp as violent and the crowd with which he ran as equally violent and murderous. It does, however, show FBI agents as women-beaters and far less humane toward women than law enforcement. FBI agents are shown beating Dillinger's girlfriend and denying bathroom privileges to her, causing her to urinate in the chair to which she's chained. (The girlfriend, played by 9/11 Truther Marion Cotillard with a horrible attempt at an American accent--her real French accent rears its head at every turn. Cotillard took lessons to drop her French accent. She needs to sue the teacher for malpractice.) Dillinger, on the other hand, is shown as loyal to a fault when it comes to women, even the hookers. Could have done without the indignant scene of Agent Purvis' secretary lecturing him, "Mr. Purvis, they cannot treat a woman this way." I thought I was hearing the ACLU lecture us on how to treat Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the rest of his Islamic terrorist buds. Moreover, the movie shouldn't have been called, "Public Enemies," which fools you into thinking that the movie provides equal time to both Dillinger and FBI Agent Melvin Purvis (played by Christian Bale), the lead agent on his case. It doesn't. Clearly, this movie is about Dillinger, with Depp as the star and Bale as a co-star, much like the Heath Ledger's Joker was the real star of "The Dark Knight," and Bale's Batman was the co-star of that one. Insofar as that goes, the villain is elevated, the hero diminished. The movie is very slow-moving and boring. There's no excitement, little suspense. It's rare that you see such an action-packed film--complete with lots of bank robbery and shoot 'em up scenes--that is so unexciting and slow. But this movie was exactly that. A silly love story, with cheesy lines and dialogue doesn't help, but it's quite obvious that was thrown in to give something to women who go to see it. I wasn't buying, including when Dillinger cries over his girl, although I can't say I didn't smile seeing America-hating Depp shed tears. The love story gives rise to one of the most gratuitous lines in the flick, in which Depp suggests he join his girlfriend in a tub: Me and my friend, Prince Albert, will join you. Um, is this a major motion picture or a bad Ron Jeremy porno? My favorite scene in the movie is when a young J. Edgar Hoover testifies before a Congressional committee, seeking more money for his interstate manhunt of Dillinger and other criminals. He's repeatedly asked by a Congressman to reveal the number of times he has personally ever made an actual arrest. He finally answers, "None," and repeatedly decleared, "But I am an administrator." The Congressman tells him that makes him completely unqualified to head the FBI or any law enforcement agency. I wanted to shout out to the theater, "Where is this Congressman when we need him?" None of the people heading our law enforcement agencies have this qualification, and they're all completely unqualified. Janet Napolitano, Robert Mueller, etc. None of 'em have ever made a single arrest in their lives. The same went for former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chieftess Julie L. Myers a/k/a "The ICE Princess," and her Obama replacement John Morton. The male stars in this movie are nice to look at, as are their suave clothes--sharp, dapper suits from the days when men's sartorial splendor was all that. And the sets and cars from the 1930's are also beautiful. If only the script and the storyline had such exquisite attention paid to them. But they did not. In fact, we barely see much of some of the other crooks with whom Dillinger hung. Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum) is killed off in the first five minutes, and we don't know why. The movie is basically this: Dillinger in prison, Dillinger broken out of prison, Dillinger lives openly among the public who support and protect him, Dillinger falls in love, Dillinger robs banks, Dillinger in with the mob, Dillinger out with the mob, Dillinger tracked down, set up, and shot, the end. I like a good gangster movie or crime thriller. But "Public Enemies" is only mildly entertaining, and not entertaining enough to make it worthy of your $10 bucks. I'm glad it's not the pan-criminal revisionist propaganda I feared. But it's just not a great movie. Not even good. It's just eh. HALF A REAGAN

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Star Trek-Original Motion Picture Collection (Blu Ray) (7discs)

Featuring the cast from the original television series, the Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection seven disc Blu-ray set includes STAR TREK: THE MOTION ... Our price: $125.09 Buy it now for $125.09 (List Price: $138.99)

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The Useful Way of How to Put Video and Music on Your Phone, replied by icebutin @ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:38:52 -0000

Maybe you have an iPhone or Sony Ericsson Phone such as W508, F305c, T707, W995 or C905? It is very cool if you have one of them, and I can tell you a very easy and useful way to enjoy your video and music on your phone, but unlimited by the place or time. Take iPhone and Sony Ericsson Phone as an example. This guide teaches you how to put video and music on your phone step by step. Part 1: How to put video and music on your iphone Tipard iPhone video converter can convert HD TS, HD MTS, HD M2TS, HD MEG4, HD WMV, HD MOV, HD H.264, HD RM etc, along with MPG, MPEG, MPEG2, SWF, FLV, VOB, MOD, MP4, H.264, M4V, AVI, WMV, 3GP, 3GPP, MOV, DivX, XviD, Quciktime Video, DV, MJPG, MJPEG, MPV, Youtube to 3G MP4 and H.264 supported by iPhone. It can convert videos with high output quality of sound and image under fast conversion. Step 1: Download and install Tipard iPhone Video Converter. Step 2: Click “Add File” or “File” Menu to load your video or audio file. Step 3: Select output format you want to convert it from “Profile”. If you prefer your own settings, you could click the “Settings” button on the right of “Profile” button. Step 4: click the “Start” button. If you want to your own conversion path, you could click “Browse” button to select your own path. OK. Only within a few minutes the conversion is completed. The new added functions: ＊Effect＊ You can adjust brightness, contrast and saturation of video according to your habit. The specific instruction is to move the round icon right and left. ＊Trim＊ You can capture your favorite clips from your movie. Let’s begin. Click “Trim” to open the Trim window. Then enter the start time in the “Start Time” box and click OK; enter the end time in the “Set End Time” box and click OK or you can directly drag slide bar to select the clip. ＊Crop＊ You can easily remove the black edges around your video or absolutely select the person or other things and then customize the size of video play region. Click the “Crop” button and a Crop Window comes up before you as follows: ＊Merge several chapters of video into one files＊ You could enjoy a single long movie by clicking “Merge into one file” button to merge several videos. Part 2: How to put video and music on your Sony Ericsson Phone Tipard Sony Ericsson Video Converter can convert general video like HD video, MPG, MPEG, MPEG2, SWF, FLV, VOB, MOD, MP4, H.264, M4V, AVI, WMV, 3GP, 3GPP, MOV, DivX, XviD, Quciktime Video, DV, MJPG, MJPEG, MPV to Sony Ericsson video. It owns the function to convert audio and take out audio from videos to MP3, M4A, WAV, WMA audio. Step 0:Download and install Tipard Sony Ericsson Video Converter. Step 1: Click “Add File” or “File” Menu to load your video or audio file. Step 2: Video settings Select the output video format you want from the drop-down list of profile. And you can set your own parameters by clicking “Settings” button. Step 3: Select output format you want to convert it from “Profile”. If you prefer your own settings, you could click the “Settings” button on the right of “Profile” button. Step 4: click the “Start” button. If you want to your own conversion path, you could click “Browse” button to select your own path. Powerful Editing functions: ＊Effect＊ You can adjust brightness, contrast and saturation of video according to your habit. The specific instruction is to move the round icon right and left. ＊Trim＊ You can capture your favorite clips from your movie. Let’s begin. Click “Trim” to open the Trim window. Then enter the start time in the “Start Time” box and click OK; enter the end time in the “Set End Time” box and click OK or you can directly drag slide bar to select the clip. ＊Crop＊ You can easily remove the black edges around your video or absolutely select the person or other things and then customize the size of video play region. Click the “Crop” button and a Crop Window comes up before you as follows: ＊Merge several chapters of video into one files＊ You could enjoy a single long movie by clicking “Merge into one file” button to merge several videos. ＊: Capture your favorite picture＊ If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” opinion. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “File” next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the “Preferences” button. As default the captured image will be saved at: D:\My Documents\Tipard Studio\Snapshot What waiting for! Capture every moment of enjoyment! Mac DVD Ripper

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Remember Michael Jackson—Share, Save His Songs and Albums, replied by hikitty125 @ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:54:14 -0000

Michael Jackson had passed away. It is really a shock in the music world. But he will live forever in our hearts with his unique music style. The world is mourning for him. As a music fans, what we can do is to share, save his music, to lift his creating spirit, to beautify and enrich our world. So this aricle includes the following two parts: Part Ⅰ:The popular music collections of MJ Part Ⅱ: My way of sharing, saving MJ’s music Part Ⅰ:The popular music collections of MJ MJ’s music from “ABC” to “Write-in choice”, all of them have witnessed MJ’s talents and passion for pop music. To know more about MJ, you can click here . This is a collection of his music, “Baby Be Mine”, “Bad”, “Billie Jean”, “Black or White”, “Butterflies”, “Dancing Machine”, “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough”, “Human Nature, “The Lady In My Life”, “Man In The Mirror”, “Never Can Say Goodbye”, “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”, “Remember The Time”, “Rock With You”, “Thriller”, etc.Not all of them are the best, but all of them are worth our listening. Part Ⅱ: My way of sharing, saving MJ’s music Because different music players prefer different video/music formats, so I always use a video converter to transfer them into different formats and then send to my friends to enjoy them. But I am a walkman user, most of the time I use Walkman Video Converter. Now I’d like to share how I save and edit them on my walkman as I will. Preparation:Download and intall 4Easysoft Walkman Video Converter Step 1:Run this software and click “Add File” button to import your files. Step 2:Select the output format. You can choose the ourput format from the profile drop-down list. Click the “setting” button, you can set the Encoder, Resolution, Bitrate, etc. Step 3:Choose the output fold. You can click “Browse” to choose the output destination, or the default destination is D:\My Documents\4Easysoft Studio\Output Step 4:Click “Start” button to begin the conversion. Editing tips about this converter: You can edit the videos/music during the preview. Tip 1:Split segments randomly or exactly Click “Trim” button, a dialogue pops up, you can trim the video/music in three ways: a.Drag the slide bar. b.Click the scissors button. c.Set the end time and Start time. Tip 2: Crop video play region to retain what you want Click “Crop” button, a dialogue pops up, you can crop the video in three ways. a.Choose the crop mode. b.Set the crop values. c.Adjust the crop frame. Tip 3.Select your preference Click the “Preference” button you can select the output destination, the Snapshot foler, the format of the snapshot image,etc. Tip 4:Capture your favorite images If you like the current image when preview video, you can use the “Snapshot” option. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “Open” button next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. Tip 5: Merge files into one You can select “Merge into one file” to merge your files into one. Though we have lost the king of pop, the music he lelft us is enough to remember him forever.

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Bogotá, Colombia | One Photo Every Day.

*Bienvenidos - Welcome ** Al Thread de Bogotá de una Foto Diaria, En el cual los extranjeros pueden conocer lo bello que es Bogotá, Su Arquitectura, Su Gente hasta su lado amable - To the Thread of Bogota of a Daily Photo, In which the foreigners can know the beautiful thing that is Bogota, His Architecture, His People up to his nice side. Threads: - Bogotá, Colombia | One Photo Every Day. (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=39142156#post39142156) - SkyscraperCity > Photo Forums > General Photography - Bogotá, Colombia | One Photo Every Day. (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=904018) - Skycrapercity > Latin American Forums > Foro Colombiano > Ciudades, Áreas Metropolitanas y Regiones > Área Metropolitana de Bogotá ________________________________________ Todos los usuarios de Sky Craper City (SCC) Pueden ingresar imagenes de Bogotá sea o no sea ciudadano de la ciudad de Bogotá - All users of Sky Craper City (SCC) can enter pictures of Bogotá is or is not a citizen of the city of Bogotá Todo usuario de Sky Craper City (SCC) Puede Opinar La Foto del Dia y Opinar la Opinion del Otro - All users of Sky Craper City (SCC) can Give your opinion Photo of the Day and Review the opinion of the other. Si usted sube una imagen de Bogotá al Thread y quiere dar su opinión frente a la imagen o una pequeña información junto a la imagen por favor póngala debajo de la imagen en el mismo mensaje - If you upload an image to Thread Bogotá and wants to give his opinion against the image or information along with a small image below please put the image in the message. Si ya subieron una imagen del Día pero usted quiere subir otra, Tranquilo! Lo Puede hacer siempre y cuando no sea la misma, Entre mas imágenes mejor - If you already got an image of the day but you want to upload, Quiet! You can do it provided it is not the same, the more better images. Image: http://www.bogotaturismo.gov.co/imagenes/ciudad/escudo2.gif Image: http://www.colombia.com/especiales/2003/turismo/bogota/origen/images/bandera.gif Escudo - Bandera Shield - Flag Sugerencias - Suggestions. Image: http://www.bogota.gov.co/images/icobandera.jpg >>Si usted quiere subir una imagen de Bogotá al thread por favor ubique en la zona la cual esta la fotografia asi: - If you want to upload an image from Bogota to thread please locate in the area which is the picture like this: Si se encuentra en el centro - If you are in the middle: Image: http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3045/centro.gif Si encuentra en Chapinero - If found in Chapinero: Image: http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/4268/chanpinero2.gif Si encuentra en el Noroccidente - If located in the Northwestern: Image: http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9753/noroccidente3.gif Si se encuentra en el Norte - If you are in the North: Image: http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1849/norte.gif Si se encuentra en el Occidente - If you are in the West: Image: http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/6845/occidente5.gif Si se encuentra en el Sur - If you are in the South: Image: http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5537/sur6.gif Image: http://www.bogota.gov.co/images/icobandera.jpg >> Por favor que las imagenes sean grandes para apreciarlas mejor - Please that the images are large to better appreciate. Condiciones - Conditions. Image: http://www.bogota.gov.co/images/icobandera.jpg >> Si va a poner una Imagen de Bogotá por favor poner de titulo: IMAGEN DEL DIA y si puede ponerla en los dos idiomas Español y Ingles mucho mejor: IMAGEN DEL DIA - PHOTO OF THE DAY - If you put an image in Bogota please give title: IMAGEN DEL DIA and if you can put in two more languages: IMAGEN DEL DIA - PHOTO OF THE DAY. Reglas - Rules. Image: http://www.bogota.gov.co/images/icobandera.jpg >> No Poner Imagenes que no sean de Bogotá - No images are not Set in Bogota. Image: http://www.bogota.gov.co/images/icobandera.jpg >> No Poner Imagenes que Insulten a La Ciudad y a Otras - Not Set Pictures insult to the City and Other. Image: http://www.bogota.gov.co/images/icobandera.jpg >> No Insultar a La Ciudad - No insult to the City.*

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Roddick steals show after Murray thrills home fans

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